Flouting Traffic Laws: The Gateway to Lying to Police

Everyone following the blow-by-blow of the presidential race is now familiar with Ashley Todd,
the undergrad campaign volunteer who falsely claimed that a black man
carved the letter "B" in her face after seeing her McCain bumper
sticker. Before Todd’s story was proven to be a total fabrication, her
Twitter feed surfaced on the Smoking Gun, revealing a preoccupation with traffic, reckless driving, and weaseling out of traffic tickets:

It’s
tempting to think that this behavior is the natural outgrowth of a
campaign that responded to rising energy prices by making "Drill, Baby,
Drill" its mantra, but the truth is that plenty of drivers — belonging to both parties — feel so entitled.

Ben Fried
is the Editor-in-Chief of Streetsblog. He has been covering the movement for safer streets, effective transit, and livable cities since 2008.